Metal pollution, transport and toxicity from abandoned gold mine tailing(s) at Goldenville, Nova Scotia / by H.K.T. Wong and A. Gauthier. : En13-5/98-149E-PDF

"Approximately 3 x 10⁹ kg of relic gold mine tailings is the result of gold mining activities in the Goldenville area of Nova Scotia from 1860 to 1945. Mercury amalgamation was the primary method used for gold recovery. Tailings were distributed over time across a stream basin forming a tailing field of approximately 2 km². Metal content in stream waters, stream and lake sediments, tailings, suspended particulates and lower vegetation in the area was determined and their toxicity Results indicated continuous release of As, Hg, Pb, Tl and other metals (Cd, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, V, Zn) being released from the tailing field and their transport downstream. Sedimentary records showed increasing fates of metal deposition which corresponds to increasing rates of release from the tailings. Stream waters and lake sediments downstream from the mine were found toxic to the benthic community. A loss of fish habitat was observed"--Abstract.

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Ministère/Organisme Canada. Environment Canada.
Canada. Water Science and Technology Directorate.
Canada. Environment Canada. Atlantic Region. Environmental Protection Branch‏.
National Water Research Institute (Canada)
Titre Metal pollution, transport and toxicity from abandoned gold mine tailing(s) at Goldenville, Nova Scotia / by H.K.T. Wong and A. Gauthier.
Titre de la série NWRI contribution ; 98-149
Type de publication Série - Voir l'enregistrement principal
Langue [Anglais]
Format Électronique
Document électronique
Note(s) Cover title.
Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada].
Includes bibliographical references.
Information sur la publication [Ottawa] : Environment Canada, Water Science and Technology Directorate = Environnement Canada, Direction générale des sciences et de la technologie, eau, [1998]
Auteur / Contributeur Wong, Henry K. T., author.
Gauthier, A., author.
Description 1 online resource (18 pages, 5 unnumbered pages) : illustrations.
Numéro de catalogue
  • En13-5/98-149E-PDF
Descripteurs Water pollution
Pollutants
Toxicology
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